全国优秀博士学位论文的计量分析与思考

博士学位论文水平是反映学位授予单位博士生教育质量的主要指标.文章以1999～2011年全国优秀博士学位论文为研究对象,分析其在区域、授予单位、学科三个层面的不均衡状态,通过寻找与同类院校之间的差距,探究了提高西北师范大学博士研究生培养质量和实现优秀博士学位论文的突破思路.     

“边境管理信息化建设”课程要用好文献历史

文章在介绍警务硕士专业学位设置背景的基础上,通过对课题特点、学生情况的分析,明确了《边境管理信息化建设》课程内容设计基本原则和思路,设计课程内容,从转变教育观念,改革教学方式;完善相关制度,保障研究生教学的实施;提高教师素质和教学水平;完善教学资源配备,为研究生教学提供保障等方面,探讨了实践教学改革的问题。     

敦煌学基地举行2009届博士学位论文答辩

2009年6月2—3日,敦煌学基地举行了三场博士学位论文答辩,共8名博士研究生参加了答辩。     

关于我国研究生教学中存在的问题及对策

研究生教育作为我国高等教育体系中的最高层次,对我国的现代化建设有着重要的意义。如何在研究生招生规模迅速扩大的同时,切实保证和提高研究生培养质量,是亟待解决的现实问题。本文对研究生选课权、课程设置、课程内容、教学手段等方面问题进行了分析并提出了对策。     

中国高校翻译专业硕士（MTI）培养模式实况探究

MTI人才培养的研究重心多在课程设置上。而研究生培养模式涉及课程设置、师资教学、实习项目等诸多环节,本文以列表形式比较了北京外国语大学MTI专业与东北师范大学MTI专业课程设置与师资,并介绍了两校实习项目与论文撰写情况,希望更全面地展示各校MTI培养特色,并结合国外研究生职业教育理念,来探讨MTI人才培养模式未来发展走向。     

学术对话：东南亚研究与华人华侨研究的体验、观察与反思

2006年9月17日,在北京大学历史系会议室举行了一场别开生面的学术对话,对话的双方分别是李塔娜博士和吴小安博士。李塔娜博士是澳大利亚国立大学亚洲太平洋研究院研究员兼华裔研究中心主任,吴小安博士是北京大学历史学系副教授兼北京大学华侨华人研究中心秘书长。两位博士具有类似的经历:在国内接受教育后再到国外获得博士学位,拥有国内和国外两方面的视野。他们对话的内容包括:学术研究的国际经验、国内外研究生培养方式的差异、如何确定研究的主题以及目前正在进行的研究项目等方面。北京大学历史系、东语系和国际关系学院的研究生和部分…     

杨富学博士《回鹘文献与回鹘文化》出版

兰州大学敦煌学博士学位授权点是由兰州大学与敦煌研究院联合共建的国内惟一的敦煌学博士点,于1999年起正式招生。经过四年多的教育培养,截止目前已毕业两届博士研究生共6名,在读博士研究生25名,成为国内外敦煌学人才培养的重要单位。     

英国与北美地理学研究生学习的比较研究

尽管英国地理学研究生面临的挑战最近越来越引起人们的重视,但英国学术界依然在很大程度上忽视考察北美的教育体系,而该体系现行的许多做法可能有益于英国。本文拟比较研究美国、加拿大、英国研究生培养的目标、结构和方法,探讨研究生面临的共同问题,认为英国采用北美开设基础课程和广泛设置管理委员会的做法可能会扫平英国学生由大学生活向研究生生活突转的障碍,在不降低培养博士质量的前提下协助提高研究生的学成率。     

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8000人 美国劳工部统计显示,全美有八千多名工友或酒保拥有博士学位。而多达1700万大学毕业生从事一些不需要大学文凭的工作,比如餐厅服务生。专家分析说,这是因为美国的失业率太高,大学太多了,大学生甚至是研究生被迫大材小用。     

李政道与中国赴美留学生项目

中美联合招考赴美国留学物理研究生项目（China—United States Physics Examination and Application Program,简称CUSPEA）是李政道教授主持,为解决20世纪80年代中国人才断档,发展中国教育和科研事业的一个中美合作项目。该项目的具体内容为：从1981年始,由中美双方联合通过专门的招生途径,每年从北京大学、中国科学院、中国科技大学等院校中选送100名应届大学毕业生,赴美攻读博士学位。     

民国时期留美西洋史学者与美国的西洋史学术传统——以博士论文为中心的考察

民国时期留美西洋史学者是中国的留美生中一个非常特殊的群体,国内史学界对他们的留学生涯,特别是博士论文关注较少。这批学者在博士论文的选题上颇具特色,具有强烈的现实关怀、关注国内重大的史学争论、主要侧重欧洲国家的历史。几篇博士论文运用了大量的一手史料,在研究视角上也很有新意,所以得到了导师和美国史学界的认可。几位学者在回国后形成了自己独特的治学风格,并通过授课和学术组织工作,为中国的世界史学科奠定了坚实的基础。     

Doctoral dissertations in human geography from Swedish universities 1884–2015: demographics,formats and productivity

The doctoral dissertation is a key component of postgraduate education that plays an important role for knowledge production and hence the development of a discipline. Swedish human geography currently lacks an overview of dissertations. This article fills this knowledge gap by reporting findings from a unique database covering all doctoral dissertations between 1884 and 2015. The paper focuses on the demographics of the authors (age, gender), the format of the dissertation and explores productivity variations for authors of compilation dissertations. The findings show a notable increase in the number of doctoral dissertations since the late 1960s but a decreasing share of doctoral dissertations in the social sciences since the 1970s. In terms of demographics, we show that while the age of the authors remains relatively stable, the gender-balance has improved considerably. In terms of format, the monograph has rapidly given way to compilation dissertations, which now account for half the number of dissertations. More than 70% of all dissertations are now published in English. Statistical results suggest that the likelihood of completing a compilation dissertation is greater if the doctoral candidate is young and if attending Umeå University. But individual author productivity for compilation dissertations is mainly influenced by unobservables.     

Mental Health Policy Inquiry, Its Importance, and Its Rewards

This article suggests some characteristics of the field of mental health that might explain why political scientists and public policy analysts have evidenced little interest in the study of mental health policy. Following a brief overview of United States mental health policy, the author makes the case for the importance of menial health policy inquiry on grounds of both pragmatic and theoretical significance.     

The farmer interpretation of Danish history

This paper is an overview of the Anglo‐Icelandic fishery disputes from 1952–1976. Its main emphasis is on the negotiations between the British and the Icelandic governments but it also addresses other aspects of the disputes, such as the effects they had on Iceland's relations with NATO and the United States and the effect on the balance of power between the Eastern and Western bloc in the North‐Atlantic.     

Stem Cell Policies in the United States and in Germany

The article compares policymaking in the field of human embryonic stem cell research in the United States and in Germany. Although experimental research with human stem cells is controversial in both countries, restrictions on research are much more strict in Germany than in the United States. In order to explain the contrast between the United States and Germany in dealing with human embryonic stem cell research and to predict possible future developments, we need to look carefully at a number of important differences in the interpretations and discourses of embryonic stem cell research and their consequences for the strategies of institutions and actors in the political-regulatory realm.     

American Microbreweries and Neolocalism: "Ale-ing" for a Sense of Place

Local brewing operations, a part of the cultural landscape since the beginning of civilization, held fast in the United States until the arrival of mass production techniques. After a 100-year decline in the number of United States microbreweries, there has been a remarkable resurgence in the last 15 years. Following on the coattails of Britain's microbrewery revolution, the cultural innovation spread outward from California and has recently affected the Great Plains and the South. One may explain the microbrewery proliferation as a response to changing tastes and a growing beer connoisseur subculture. These are significant elements, but just as important is the neolocal craving that is being satisfied. Cultural geography has much to learn from a careful look at the recent changes in the United States brewing industry.     

Libya and the International System: Retracing the Aftermath of the Lockerbie Bombing

The defining moment of Libya's relationship with the United States during the last decade of the 20th century was the 1991 implication of Libya and its government by the United States and United Kingdom in the 1988 bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The controversial decision of the United Nations Security Council to employ sanctions against Libya after its refusal to surrender two bombing suspects to the United States and United Kingdom was largely ignored by European countries with interests in Libya, and led to the eventual open opposition to sanctions by many of Libya's African neighbors. Libya was quickly found guilty in the U.S. and UK courts of public opinion; however the common assumption that Libya's refusal reflected its indignation toward the West is problematic, and does not take into account historical factors that pushed Libya away from compliance, nor the lengths to which Libya attempted to sidestep those factors in order to respect international law. This article places Libya's reaction to the destruction of Flight 103 into the context of its recent relationship with the United States, and argues that despite the tainted U.S. public perception of Libya and its leader, the aftermath of the destruction of Flight 103 no longer plays an important role in shaping United States–Libya relations.     

Disziplinentwicklung und Wissenschaftstransfer - Deutschsprachige Psychologen in der Emigration

(Discipline development and the transfer of science - German-speaking psychologists in the emigration). In this essay recently developed ideas from the social history of science, in particular the notion that there are historically conditioned ?national professional styles”? in science, are applied to the transfer of psychological theory - and of scientific psychologists - from German-speaking lands to the United States before and after 1933. After an overview of the scope and structure of the emigration in psychology, an analysis of the transfer process is offered focusing upon Gestalt theory.     

Comparing Governance and Local Engagement in the St. Marys River Area of Concern

Under the 1987 revisions to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States, Areas of Concern (AOC) were designated around the Great Lakes to target the remediation of environmental impairments. Local governments have the potential to play an important role in Great Lakes restoration and protection efforts in AOCs, though the scope of their engagement in remediation efforts is not fully understood. This case study investigates the St. Marys River AOC, which spans the border between Canada and the United States. Through the theoretical lens of the ecology of games, the case study explores the strategic choices of local governments to engage in environmental policy networks in Canada and the United States. The case illustrates the importance of intergovernmental aid and collaborative institutions for ongoing environmental remediation efforts and cross-border coordination.